TWI725740B - Power connector assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power connector assembly comprising at least one power connector and a cover plugging in a mating port of the power connector. The cover has a cover plate which defines a main portion extending along a left-and-right direction. The cover plate further has a first supporting portion extending outwards from one end of the main portion and a second supporting portion extending outwards from another end of the main portion. The first supporting portion and the second supporting portion are asymmetrically arranged on both sides of the main portion in the left-and-right direction.

Description

Power connector combination

The invention relates to a power connector combination.

The power connector is a bridge that connects the power output end and the receiving end. Most of the existing power connectors are sinker type power connectors, and the center of gravity of the sinker type power connector is higher, and the sinker type power connector is connected to the circuit board. During the surface welding process, the mating socket end of the sinking plate type power connector is easy to tilt forward. A general designer will design a cover to be inserted into the mating socket of the power connector. The cover is also provided with a downwardly extending support part. The circuit board supports the support part upward to achieve the mating socket end of the power connector. The support prevents the power connector from tilting forward.

However, this design is when the space position of the circuit board is enough to be in front and enough to support the cover. When the space of the circuit board is not enough, this kind of cover cannot use the support part to support the power connector when arranged side by side to prevent the power connector from tilting forward.

In view of this, it is indeed necessary to further improve the traditional power connector group to solve the above problems.

The purpose of the present invention is to provide a power connector assembly with a cover that can flexibly use space and provide support for the power connector more conveniently.

In order to achieve the above objective, the present invention provides a power connector combination, which has a There is one less power connector and a cover inserted into the socket of the corresponding power connector. The cover has a cover, and the cover is provided with a body portion extending in the left and right directions, wherein the cover is also provided with a self A first support portion formed by one end of the body portion extending outward and a second support portion formed by extending outward from the other end of the body portion, the first support portion and the second support portion are asymmetrically disposed on the body The parts are on both sides in the left-right direction.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the second supporting portion includes a connecting portion extending rearwardly from the other end of the main body portion and a supporting plate extending outwardly from the connecting portion. In the front-rear direction, the first supporting portion Located in front of the aforementioned support plate.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the cover body is further provided with a suction plate extending backward from the cover plate, and the suction plate has a suction surface at the top of the suction plate and a back surface opposite to the suction surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the suction surface is higher than the upper surface of the main body.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the body portion is provided with a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and a retaining strip protruding rearward from the rear surface. When the cover is installed on the power connector, the The card holder is inserted into the socket of the aforementioned power connector.

As a further improvement of the present invention, in the front-rear direction, neither the first supporting portion nor the second supporting portion forwards beyond the front surface of the main body portion.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the body portion is provided with a stopper protruding rearward from the rear surface, a clamping space is formed between the stopper and the connecting portion, and the front end of the power connector is accommodated in the clamping space Inside, and the left and right ends are clamped by the stopper and the connection part.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the aforementioned first supporting portion is provided with a The first supporting surface, the body portion is provided with a bottom surface located at the bottom, and in the up-down direction, the first supporting surface is higher than the bottom surface.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the power connector assembly further has a circuit board welded to the power connector, the supporting plate of the second supporting portion is provided with a second supporting surface, and the second supporting surface is connected to the first supporting surface. Any one of the supporting surfaces is supported on the aforementioned circuit board.

As a further improvement of the present invention, the aforementioned power connector and the aforementioned cover are arranged in one-to-one correspondence, and when the two aforementioned power connectors are arranged adjacent to each other along the aforementioned left-right direction, of the corresponding two aforementioned covers, one is located on the left side. The second support portion of the cover body is disposed behind the first support portion of the cover body on the right side in the front-rear direction to form a misalignment.

Compared with the prior art, the power connector assembly of the present invention has the first support portion and the second support portion asymmetrically arranged in the left-right direction by the cover body, and in the front-rear direction, the first support portion and the second support portion It is arranged in a staggered position, so that when the cover is installed on the power connector, it can not only provide support for the power connector, but also when multiple power connectors are arranged side by side, the two adjacent covers can be moved in the left and right directions. Displacement setting saves space.

100, 100’: Lid

1, 1’: Cover

11.11’: The first supporting part

111: The first support surface

12, 12’: Body part

120: card holding space

121: front surface

122: back surface

123: Bottom

124: Support Rib

125, 125’: Card holder

126: Stop

127: buckle

1270: card holder cavity

1271: first card arm

1272: second card arm

13, 13’: The second supporting part

131: Connection

132, 132’: Support plate

1321: second support surface

133: diagonal brace

2, 2’: Absorption board

21: Suction surface

22: back

800: circuit board

900: Power connector

The first figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the cover mounted on the power connector in the first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention.

The second figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the cover body and the power connector separated in the first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention.

The third figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the cover in the first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention.

The fourth figure is a perspective view of the cover from another angle in the first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention intention.

The fifth figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention where two covers are installed on two power connectors arranged side by side.

The sixth figure is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the cover in the second embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention.

The seventh figure is a perspective view of the cover from another angle in the second embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention.

Please refer to Figures 1 to 5 together. The first embodiment of the power connector assembly of the present invention discloses a cover 100. The aforementioned cover 100 is used to plug into the socket of the power connector 900. Provide support for the aforementioned power connector 900. The cover body 100 is provided with a cover plate 1 and a suction plate 2 extending horizontally rearward from the cover plate 1. The suction plate 2 has a suction surface 21 at the top and a back surface 22 opposite to the suction surface 21. The power connector 900 is inserted into the cover 100, and a mechanical arm (not shown) is used to suck the suction surface 21 of the cover 1 to move the power connector 900.

The cover plate 1 is provided with a body portion 12 extending left and right, a first support portion 11 that continues to extend leftward from one end of the body portion 12, and a second support portion 13 that continues to extend rightward from the other end of the body portion 12. A supporting portion 11 and the aforementioned second supporting portion 13 are arranged in a left-right asymmetrical structure.

The body portion 12 is provided with a front surface 121 and a rear surface 122 opposite to the front surface 121. The rear surface (not numbered) of the first support portion 11 is coplanar with the rear surface 122 of the body portion 12. In the front-rear direction, the front surface (not numbered) of the first support portion 11 is located behind the front surface 121 of the main body portion 12. The first support portion 11 is provided with a first support surface 111 at the bottom, and the main body portion 12 is provided with a bottom surface 123 at the bottom. In the vertical direction, the first support surface 111 is higher than the bottom surface 123.

The second supporting portion 13 is provided with a connecting portion 131 extending backward from the other end of the main body portion 12 and a supporting plate 132 extending from the upper half of the connecting portion 131 to the right. Along the front-rear direction, the first supporting portion 11 is located in front of the supporting plate 132.

The connecting portion 131 vertically extends rearward from the rear surface 122 of the main body 12, that is, the main body 12 and the connecting portion 131 are vertically connected. The aforementioned supporting plate 132 is vertically connected to the aforementioned connecting portion 131. The connection between the supporting plate 132, the connecting portion 131 and the main body portion 12 is Z-shaped. The support plate 132 of the second support portion 13 is provided with a second support surface 1321, and along the vertical direction, the second support surface 1321 and the first support surface 111 are coplanar. In this way, the aforementioned cover 100 can be supported on the circuit board by any one of the first support surface 111 of the first support portion 11 and the second support surface 1321 of the second support portion 13 and can maintain the same height.

In the front-rear direction, neither the first supporting portion 11 nor the second supporting portion 13 forwards beyond the front surface 121 of the main body portion 12 forwardly. By arranging in this way, the first supporting portion 11 and the second supporting portion 13 do not occupy space in the front-to-rear direction.

The cover plate 1 is further provided with a diagonal brace 133 for obliquely connecting the connecting portion 131 and the supporting plate 132, and the diagonal brace 133 is provided at the connecting corner of the connecting portion 131 and the supporting plate 132. With this arrangement, the overall strength of the second supporting portion 13 is improved by the diagonal brace 133, and the service life of the aforementioned cover 100 is prolonged.

The cover 100 is further provided with a plurality of supporting ribs 124 obliquely connecting the main body 12 and the suction plate 2. The plurality of supporting ribs 124 extend obliquely backward and upward from the rear surface 122 of the main body 12 and are connected to the back 22 of the suction plate 2. By this arrangement, the supporting ribs 124 can support the suction plate 2 from bottom to top, thereby enhancing the connection strength between the suction plate 2 and the main body 12.

The body portion 12 is also provided with a retaining strip 125 protruding rearward from the rear surface 122, a stopper A block 126 and a plurality of pairs of buckles 127. The aforementioned clamping bar 125 extends in the left-right direction, and the aforementioned stopper 126 extends in the up-down direction. In this embodiment, a clamping space 120 is formed between the blocking block 126 and the connecting portion 131, and the clamping bar 125 is located in the clamping space 120 between the blocking block 126 and the connecting portion 131. In other embodiments, a stopper may be provided at both ends of the main body 12 respectively, and the clamping space is formed between the two stoppers.

Each pair of the aforementioned buckles 127 includes a first clamping arm 1271 disposed above the clamping bar 125 and a second clamping arm 1272 disposed below the clamping bar 125, the first clamping arm 1271 and the second clamping arm 1272 Compared with the aforementioned clamping strip 125, it is arranged axially symmetrically or arranged in an up-and-down position. In this embodiment, the first clamping arm 1271 and the second clamping arm 1272 are arranged in axial symmetry up and down. The first clamping arm 1271 and the second clamping arm 1272 are both cantilever beams, and the end of the first clamping arm 1271 and the end of the second clamping arm 1272 are inclined toward the clamping space 120 so as to be in the first clamping A clamping cavity 1270 is formed between the arm 1271 and the aforementioned second clamping arm 1272.

When the cover 100 is mounted on the power connector 900, the clamping strip 125 is inserted into the socket of the power connector 900, and the front end of the power connector 900 is received in the clamping space 120, and left and right. The end is clamped by the stopper 126 and the connecting portion 131, and the upper and lower ends are clamped by the first clamping arm 1271 and the second clamping arm 1272. The buckle 127 clamps the front end of the power connector 900 in the up and down direction. With this arrangement, the cover 100 can be more stably mounted on the power connector 900, and it can function more stably during the process of moving the power connector 900.

Please refer to the fifth figure, the first support portion 11 and the second support portion 13 of the cover 100 of the present invention are arranged asymmetrically along the left and right direction; along the front and back direction, the aforementioned first support portion 11 is located at the aforementioned second support portion 13 The support plate 132 is in front of it. The first support surface 111 at the bottom of the aforementioned first support portion 11 is horizontally coplanar with the second support surface 1321 at the bottom of the aforementioned support plate 132. When two power connectors are used side by side, they are similar to each other. Among the two adjacent cover bodies 100, the second support part 13 of the one cover body 100 on the left side can be arranged behind the first support part 11 of the cover body 100 on the right side in the front-rear direction, thereby forming a misalignment, thereby saving The space in the left and right directions solves the problem of too small space for the power connector 900. In addition, the first support portion 11 on the left side of the cover 100 is supported downward by the circuit board 800, and the second support portion 13 on the right side of the cover 100 is also supported downward by the circuit board 800. By connecting the first support portion 11 and the second support portion 11 The supporting portions 13 are arranged asymmetrically, so that each power connector 900 maintains a balance of the center of gravity, and can save space in the left and right directions when a plurality of power connectors 900 are arranged side by side.

Please refer to Figures 6 to 7 which show the cover 100' according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The cover 100' in the second embodiment is substantially the same as the cover 100 in the first embodiment. The aforementioned cover body 100' also has a cover plate 1'and a suction plate 2'extending horizontally rearward from the aforementioned cover plate 1'. The cover plate 1'is provided with a body portion 12' extending left and right, a first support portion 11' that continues to extend from one end of the body portion 12' to the left, and a second support portion that continues to extend to the right from the other end of the body portion 11' The portion 13', the aforementioned first supporting portion 11' and the aforementioned second supporting portion 13' are arranged in a left-right asymmetrical structure. The only difference is that the aforementioned cover body 100' is not provided with buckles on the upper and lower sides of the clamping strip 125', and the other structures are the same. Therefore, I will not repeat them here.

In this way, the first supporting portions 11, 11' and the second supporting portions 13, 13' of the cover 100, 100' are arranged asymmetrically, and the first supporting portions 11, 11' and the supporting plates 132, 132' Staggered in the front and rear directions, so that the aforementioned cover 100, 100' can not only be supported by at least one supporting part when installed to the power connector 900, so as to ensure that the center of gravity of each power connector 900 is balanced and multiple power sources are connected When the devices 900 are arranged side by side, space can be saved in the left and right directions.

The terms such as "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and the like used herein to indicate relative positions in space are described for the purpose of facilitating the description as shown in the accompanying drawings. Shows the relationship between one feature and another feature. It can be understood that, according to the different product placement positions, the terms of relative spatial position may be intended to include different orientations other than those shown in the figure, and should not be construed as a limitation of the claims. In addition, the descriptive word "horizontal" used in this article is not completely equivalent to being along a direction perpendicular to gravity, allowing a certain angle of tilt.

In particular, it needs to be pointed out that for those of ordinary skill in the art, equivalent changes made to the present invention under the teaching of the present invention should still be included in the claimed scope of the patent application of the present invention.

1: cover

11: The first support part

12: Body part

121: front surface

13: The second support part

2: Absorption board

900: Power connector

Claims (10)

A power connector assembly, comprising at least one power connector and a cover body inserted into the socket of the corresponding power connector, the cover body has a cover plate, and the cover plate is provided with a body portion extending in the left-right direction, The cover plate is further provided with a first supporting portion extending outwardly from one end of the main body portion and a second supporting portion extending outwardly from the other end of the main body portion, the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion The parts are asymmetrically arranged on both sides of the body part in the left-right direction. The power connector assembly described in claim 1, wherein the second supporting part includes a connecting part extending backward from the other end of the main body part and a supporting plate extending outward from the connecting part. In the direction, the first support portion is located in front of the support plate. The power connector assembly described in item 1 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the cover body is further provided with a suction plate extending backward from the cover plate, and the suction plate has a suction surface on the top of the suction plate and a suction surface opposite to the suction surface. back. The power connector assembly described in item 3 of the scope of patent application, wherein the suction surface is higher than the upper surface of the main body. The power connector assembly described in item 2 of the scope of patent application, wherein the body portion is provided with a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a retaining strip protruding rearward from the back surface. When the cover is installed When the aforementioned power connector is attached, the aforementioned clamping strip is inserted into the insertion port of the aforementioned power connector. According to the power connector assembly described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, in the front-rear direction, neither the first support portion nor the second support portion forwards beyond the front surface of the main body portion. The power connector assembly described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the body part is provided with a stopper protruding rearward from the rear surface, a clamping space is formed between the stopper and the connecting part, and the power connector The front end is accommodated in the clamping space, and the left and right ends are clamped by the stopper and the connecting portion. The power connector assembly described in claim 1, wherein the first support portion is provided with a first support surface at the bottom, and the body portion is provided with a bottom surface at the bottom. In the vertical direction, the first support The surface is higher than the aforementioned bottom surface. The power connector assembly described in item 8 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the power connector assembly further has a circuit board welded to the power connector, the support plate of the second support portion is provided with a second support surface, Any one of the second supporting surface and the aforementioned first supporting surface is supported on the aforementioned circuit board. The power connector combination described in any one of items 1 to 8 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the power connector and the cover are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence, and when the two power connectors are opposite to each other in the left and right directions When arranged adjacently, of the corresponding two cover bodies, the second support part of the cover body on the left side is arranged behind the first support part of the cover body on the right side in the front-rear direction to form a misalignment.

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